The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project is the effort of hundreds of scientists to describe the workings of the human genome. Their research, outlined in 30 papers published in multiple journals Sept. 5, has confirmed our genome is far more...
Gary Brudvig, the Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, has been named acting director of the new Energy Sciences Institute, which opened its doors at Yale’s West Campus earlier this month.Gary...
The reasons why autism spectrum disorders are almost five times more common among boys than among girls may soon be revealed, thanks to a five-year, $15 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant awarded to Yale School of Medicine for the Autism...
Yale’s Joan Steitz has been awarded two major prizes recognizing the outstanding achievements of women scientists.Joan SteitzSteitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, was...
A Yale partnership has begun testing a new camera that will be among the most advanced on Earth dedicated to the study of astronomy.The moon, as captured by the new One Degree Imager camera (ODI) at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Airzona. (Photo by ODI...